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Remembering Rabbi Sholom Lipskar z”l

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar, a revered Chabad emissary, dedicated his life to transforming Miami into a flourishing hub of Jewish life and spirituality from its roots as a spiritual desert. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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LeadershipChabadJewish CommunitiesJewish LifeAleph InstituteLubavitcher RebbeMiamiRabbi Sholom D. LipskarThe Shul Of Bal HarbourThe Great Exit

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"He was accompanied not only by the large crowds that gathered in Bal Harbour in Florida and at 770 in New York, but also by the countless mitzvos he inspired, the innumerable neshamos he touched and the enduring spirit of the Yidden he reached, whether in Florida, the prison system or the US Armed Forces."
Bal Harbour, Florida, United States
"He was accompanied not only by the large crowds that gathered in Bal Harbour in Florida and at 770 in New York, but also by the countless mitzvos he inspired, the innumerable neshamos he touched and the enduring spirit of the Yidden he reached, whether in Florida, the prison system or the US Armed Forces."
Surfside, Florida, United States
"Over the five and a half decades of his shlichus in Florida, Rabbi Lipskar founded and served as the rav of The Shul of Bal Harbour, the center that stands at the heart of Jewish life there as well as in Surfside."
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
"Sholom Dovber Lipskar was born in 1946 in Tashkent, then part of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, under the oppressive rule of the USSR."
Poltava, Poltavshchyna, Ukraine
"His paternal grandfather, Rav Chaim Tzvi Lipskar, an alumnus of the famed Volozhin Yeshivah, served as a rav in Poltava."
Germany
"After escaping, the Lipskars spent several years in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany, where many chasidim remained until they secured entry visas to other countries."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"The family was granted visas to Canada and settled in Toronto, where Reb Eliyahu Akiva served as a melamed and became one of the founding figures of the local Chabad community."
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